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The signs and graphics franchise has detailed its drive to improve the output of its signage work
Signs Express has announced it is working with Carbon Neutral Britain to determine the carbon footprint of its near-60 different centres.
The signs and graphics franchise has detailed its carbon neutral status for 2023 and its drive to improve the environmental impact of the company as a whole.
Director of Signs Express Limited, Aaron Davis, says the latest news is a “fabulous first step for Signs Express” and is helping to “raise awareness for these important issues across our network.”
Signs Express has pointed to the fact that the industry has been traditionally creative and innovative, but the materials, machinery, and waste used has led to large carbon outputs.
Due to this, the franchise has gathered data across a 12-month period, measuring carbon emissions from each centre’s operating activities, production machinery, and power outputs, along with the floorspace, to determine a clear picture of the franchise’s carbon footprint.
The emissions have then been offset by supporting global reforestation projects which help education, employment, clean water, and local wildlife and ecology.
Davis comments: “Far from being a token gesture, this is an important first step on a much longer journey and a broader set of environmental commitments, as we work towards Net Zero Carbon.
“We constantly monitor the supply chain for new products and ideas and share these across our network, to keep centre managers informed and up to date. We offer customers a growing range of greener products and services and reduce our waste to landfill through improved waste management systems (with trials already in place with Reconomy).”
David adds: “We feel this is very timely as the UK signage industry and suppliers come to terms with regulation, the need for every business to be environmentally considerate, and of course the growing number of customers who want more environmentally sustainable options.
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